Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing
Kick Off Session: October 6, 2026 / 8AM - 9:30AM PT / 4PM - 5:30PM UTC
Immerse Sessions: October 20-22, 2026 / 8AM - 11AM PT / 4PM - 7PM UTC
Wrap Up Session: December 10, 2026 / 8AM - 10AM PT / 4PM - 6PM UTC
What is Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing?
Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing is a pod-based deep dive course focused on developing ‘end-to-end investing’ strategies and building professional CVBD/portfolio development (‘Platform’) programs for parent/ecosystem engagement. A hallmark of the course is a custom Challenge Project leveraging key course concepts and empowered by unique access to a luminary industry mentor.
$6,000 per participant
Discounts available for groups of 3+ and for Leadership Society members. Contact courses@gcvinstitute.com for more information.
Immerse Sessions (Theory, Case Studies, Panels, Peer Breakouts)
October 20, 2026:
Corporate Venturing Fundamentals
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Echo Health Ventures Cast Study Part 1: The Investor
Breakout: Role & Value of CVC
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Echo Health Ventures Case Study Part 2: The Startup
Panel: Startups and Strategics - What Works, What Doesn’t
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Panel: Collaboration & Impact
October 21, 2026
Powering End-to-End Investing
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Echo Health Ventures Case Study Part 3: The CVBD Professional
Breakout: Startup Engagement
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Panel: Startup Engagement Platforms
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Breakout: Stakeholder Management for Impact
October 22, 2026
Delivering Portfolio Value
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In-Q-Tel Video Case Study
Panel: Developing Investment Themes
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Echo Health Ventures Case Study Part 4: The Parent
Panel: Streamlining Portfolio Engagement
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Breakout: What Does ‘Strategic’ Mean?
The Challenge Schedule
Challenge projects can be as light or as in-depth as the pod has time to handle. In some cases, the Challenge may be the development of a ‘plan for a plan,’ where the goal is to develop a strategy as input to a next stage execution plan.
Pods have approximately 6 weeks to define and complete their challenge projects. They will have three opportunities to meet with mentors, as well as opportunities to seek offline feedback.
Plan for two presentations:
Review of findings and solution recommendations with CV program sponsor (and parent stakeholders as appropriate)
LVCV cohort report back (brief, high level challenge summary and key learnings)
Note: While general learnings will be shared, each challenge can be confidential to that pod.
Previous Expert Panelists Include:
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Jim Adler
Founding Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures
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Terry Doyle
Vice President, Telus Global Ventures
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Ramind Farjadrad
CEO, Eliyan
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Tarik Galijasevic
Managing Director, Allstate Strategic Ventures
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Sabeeha Islam
VP of Portfolio Development, Munich Re Ventures
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Ran Kurup
Managing Director; Head of Global Portfolio Development, Intel Capital
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Nicole LaPointe
Head of Portfolio Success, Capital One Ventures
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Kei Onishi
CEO and Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Ventures
Previous Mentors
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Debra Brackeen
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, CSAA
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Amy Burr
President, JetBlue Ventures
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Tony Cannestra
Director of Corporate Ventures, Denso
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Dong-Su Kim
CEO, LG Technology Ventures
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Ran Kurup
Head of Portfolio Development, Intel Capital
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Sven Harmsen
Director, External Ventures, Saint Gobain
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Jeff Herbst
Managing Partner, GFT Ventures
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Austin Noronha
Managing Director, Sony Innovation Fund
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Brian Schettler
Partner, Head, AEI HorizonX Aero Equity
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Reese Schroeder
Investor, AllState Strategic Ventures
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Dave Stevenson
Managing Director and COO, Merck GHIF
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Bill McNulty
Managing Director, NextEra Energy Investments
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Erin VanLanduit
Head of Corporate Ventures, Cargill
